Mr. Obama needs to get in front of this wave of change or the United States will be seen as part of the old repressive guard and the entire Arab world will turn into one giant Iran with unanimous hatred towards Americans. The clashes in that region are about human dignity and a yearning to be free of exploitation by totalitarian scum. It cries out for a Reagan moment. For those of you who did not hear President Ronald Reagan’s speech in 1987:

We welcome change and openness; for we believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace. There is one sign the Soviets can make that would be unmistakable, that would advance dramatically the cause of freedom and peace. General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization, come here to this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!

President Obama, lets hear you unequivocally come out in support of the protesters in Libya, Bahrain and retroactively for Egypt’s and Tunisia’s protesters. These are people who deserve our support and admiration. They are staring down the barrels of tanks, and in Libya; aircraft and naval ships, and winning. It is hard to keep people enslaved forever.

While you are at it, Mr. President, please remember the people of Venezuela and Cuba who are also being repressed much closer to home.

Be careful what you wish for Mr. President, you just may get it. What will you say when you lose majorities in both houses of Congress? What will you say on January 20, 2013 when you are heading back to community organizing in Chicago?

Guess what the Democrats did with this amendment? They defeated it in a 57-42 vote. That vote shows you how hell bent they are about not letting anything get in the way of their precious takeover of health care in this country. I think it is an embarrassment before the eyes of the world that this amendment was not passed. The lives of children and innocent women are at stake.

Sunday, the day of the health care vote in the House of Representatives, the site received 400% more visits than is normal. Most of these visits came during and after the vote. Here are the leading keywords that were used on Sunday (in order):

• democrats suck
• democrates suck 
• why democrats suck 
• obamacare sucks
• this sucks, health care passed
• rascism
• democrats suck ass
• democrtas suck
• demacrate suck 
• obama care sucks
• obama healthcare sucks
• george w bush democrat majority in the senate
• dems suck
• democracts suck
• demecrates suck 
• brian williams sucks

Besides the fact that even misspellings are bringing visitors to the site, it is important to note the underlying theme that Democrats and Obamacare suck. As a side note, I think that George W. Bush is getting some blame for the Democrat majority that passed this legislation. I thought it was also funny that NBC anchorman Brian Williams was also thrown into the mix.

Monday, this site had even more explosive growth. The number of visits grew by 600%. The keywords were similar. Here they are in order of use:

• democrats suck
• obamacare sucks
• democrates suck
• democratssuck.com
• speech on why democrats suck
• "cash for clunkers" healthcare
• democrat suck
• we-are-screwed.com
• obama suck
• house of representatives suck
• who thinks democrats suck
• democraats suck
• dems suck
• health care bill passed democrats suck
• white democrats suck
• why the democrats suck
• liberals suck quotes
• democrats suck go to hell!!
• rahm emanuel sucks

My favorite is “rahm emanuel sucks.” The “we-are-screwed.com” one is interesting in that it takes you to that domain which is redirected to democratssuck.com. I do not own or control that domain, so whoever is doing that, “Thanks!”

More importantly, the rise in visits and the keywords indicate the discontent that we feel. Obama and the Democrats can congratulate themselves until November. That is when we show them who is boss.

We need to vote in November and let the Democrats understand that power in this country comes from the people and it can be taken away by the people. The myopic vision of the Democrats is leading us and them to ruin.

For the first time in the history of the United States, the Federal government will mandate that we buy a service or be fined. Crazier than this mandate is the enforcement associated with it. If you or your employer do not comply, you will be fined. The government will also grant the IRS more powers. They will be the enforcement arm of this law. It is outrageous! We are taking the tax collectors and giving them police powers over the purchase of health insurance.

The immediate impact of this legislation is that taxes will go up. Employees will see less money in their paychecks for several years before seeing any return on their money. Employers will have to offer health insurance to employees including part timers. This will mean that it will not be cost effective to hire more employees and will lead to lower salaries for existing positions. The cost for this mandate has to be covered somehow and I guarantee it will be covered through higher prices to customers, less employment and/or lower salaries. It could also lead to more off-shoring of service jobs like telemarketing.

I know of one business that could be pushed into bankruptcy by this legislation because of the low margins associated with the business and the business’ need for dozens of part time employees to function. It sickens me to think that someone’s hard work at building a business and providing employment to many needy part time employees could all be wiped out by a Socialist and arrogant President and his zombies in Congress. 

I am hopeful that several Attorney Generals will file lawsuits on the lack of constitutional basis for this legislation. However, it will take years for the lawsuits to get through the courts and, by then, the damage will have been done to many small businesses. Shame on the Democrats! Most of the lawmakers who pushed this through have not started a business, hired employees or struggled to make a payroll. That is why this arrogant group of do-nothing shit heads have passed this health care bill. (Yes, I realize it is the first time that I have cursed on this blog, but I think the circumstances merit it.)

It is now our turn. During the next election let’s vote every Democrat that is in office out. We need to tell them who is boss and they need to pay a heavy price. Losing a few seats is not enough. Losing every seat is not enough. I hope Democrats lose power forever. They want to take this country in a liberal and socialist path. That path is not what we the American people want or what made this country powerful and great. Do not forget this injustice. Vote all the bastards out!

Yes, it is true that in Greece we have a serious financial problem. You see the last few decades (starting from Andreas Papadreou in 1980’s) , Greek governments started getting loans, they hired lots of people on the public sector, although there was no need for so many people and they did not make the changes required to make the Greek economy more competitive. As a result, after about 30 years, we have a huge debt, we have lots of employees in the public sector and we have huge loans to pay back. In a sense the country has already bankrupted. On the contrary, in the private sector things are different, but the whole bad situation affects the private sector. In the private sector, salaries are not high (in several cases, the salaries are lower that the corresponding salaries of the public sector), people work lots of hours (in the public sector, people work less hours and are by far less productive), there is no job safety (in the public sector, there is a law that public employees can not be fired no matter what!) and there are lots of cuts on the benefits. As a result, the situation is not that good. There is lots of unemployment and things seems that will get worst. But we hope for the best. I hope and I believe that eventually we will recover and we will make it. But it won’t be easy and the current government has already started making changes, putting new taxes, but also cutting money from the lazy bastards of the public sector…it was about time! Nevertheless, all these changes and taxes have triggered "angry protests", as you said.

Does this sound eerily similar to the situation in the United States right now? It does and that is what makes it so scary. We need to change course, spend less and the people in power (Democrats) need to realize that living within our means will ensure a future for the country. Spending frivolously and passing expensive legislation that the people do not want or need is a path to bankruptcy. Vote the spenders out.

All I can say is wow! What is going on here when a democratic member of congress is intimidated by the president’s chief of staff in the nude? Eric Massa is claiming that he was targeted for not voting for the health insurance plan. Maybe the truth will come out in the near future. We the people deserve to know.

I think this speaks for itself. One of the supposed champions of political correctness struck down by his own inappropriate exchange. One down 253 more Democrats to go before the House of Representatives really represents the United States of America.

Another New York ethics scandal is being exposed today as well. Governor David A. Paterson (D-NY) is accused of interfering with a domestic  violence case filed against his aide, David Johnson. According to news reports, Paterson called the alleged victim on February 7th. The next day, the victim did not show up in court and a judge dismissed the case. The governor’s call came after State Troopers assigned to his security detail called the alleged victim several times in an effort to get her to drop the charges. Attorney General Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) is now investigating the case. I’m sure he would like to know what the governor said in that call.

The New York State Commission on Public Integrity also has charged Governor Paterson with violating ethic laws by obtaining free tickets to the opening game of the World Series from the New York Yankees. This is a violation of the state’s ban on gifts to public officials. So far, Governor Paterson is refusing to step down from his post.

Let’s give these two Democratic leaders a cheer—a Bronx cheer that is.

I just finished reading Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime. This books provides an inside view of the 2008 presidential campaign and all its personalities. If more than half of what is in the book is true, it is extraordinarily damning of the people involved in 2008. We should have all pulled a lever labeled, “None of the above.” All the candidates who ran for the nomination and presidency from both parties are portrayed as megalomaniacs, bumbling fools or disorganized big mouths and hypocrites. How sad for this country.

My reading of the book makes me feel that it is historically accurate. My only reservation is that the authors may be closet Obama liberals. I do not know enough about their backgrounds to make a definitive statement. What I do know is from the inside flap of the book which says that John Heilemann is the national political correspondent and columnist for New York magazine and that he has written for The New Yorker, Wired and The Economist. Mark Halperin is editor-at-large and senior political analyst for Time magazine and also worked for ten years as the political director for ABC News. Their resumes do not exactly give me a feeling of conservative leanings.

The book is well written and is extremely interesting. I had to force myself to put it down and do other things. Because of this, I would recommend the book. My favorite quote from the book is from then Senator Hillary Clinton on March 3, 2008: “I have a lifetime of experience I will bring to the White House. Senator McCain has a lifetime of experience he will bring to the White House. And Senator Obama has a speech he made in 2002.”